Sorry bout that,
I can only speak for myself and other men that I know, but being gainfully employed and supporting a family is one of the most self satisfying things that a man can do. it is also a powerful persuasion to modify your behavior to wards being civil and less confrontational over small things.
welfare strips away that motivation, and the necessity of doing the hundreds of things required to help run a family. when you have nothing to do, nothing seems important.
1. Well said.
2. I will go a step further and say, if you have no point in life, you have failed in life.
3. Raising a family yourself, as a man, builds not only you up, but the family individually.
4. Seeking a hand out not only removes you as the source of strength, and over all well being, it tears down those whom have to live under it.
5. Its sound doctrine to learn to work, for working is good for the soul, and the souls you are providing for.
6. If you are not willing to work, then you shouldn't be ready and able to eat at the expense of others.
7. There are always exceptions.
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
I can't improve on the commentary here. I would add to it by saying that children who grow up seeing mom or dad get a government check instead of one they have legitimately earned too often affects the child in a very negative way. Children should grow up seeing Mom and/or Dad get up in the morning, get cleaned up, get appropriately dressed, and be engaged in activities that strengthen and benefit the community as a whole. And they should see Mom and/or Dad rewarded with a paycheck for what they work for and that is the way society should be.
A sense of entitlement, a sense of the world owing us something, a sense of access to what we want or need being provided just because we are poor or black or otherwise disadvantaged in some way is demoralizing, demeaning, and damaging to the person and can encourage him or her to never aspire to take his/her rightful place in society and become all he or she can be.